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Michael VoepelJul 1, 2025, 02:45 PM ET
- Michael Voepel is simply a elder writer who covers the WNBA, women's assemblage hoops and different assemblage sports. Voepel began covering women's hoops successful 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark volition not play successful Tuesday night's WNBA Commissioner's Cup title game, the team announced.
Clark, who has been battling a groin injury, was initially listed arsenic questionable for the crippled against the big Minnesota Lynx astatine Target Center (8 p.m. ET, Prime). But she was not connected the tribunal during the signifier clip that was unfastened to the media Tuesday, and the squad aboriginal confirmed she would not play.
Clark missed 5 games earlier this play with a quad injury. This volition beryllium her 3rd consecutive crippled missed with the groin issue. However, the Cup last is an other crippled and does not number for the 44-game WNBA regular season.
Clark did enactment retired successful signifier astatine Indiana connected Monday, manager Stephanie White said, but it was non-contact. Clark was the starring vote-getter successful instrumentality balloting and was named an All-Star starter and skipper connected Monday, too. The All-Star Game is July 19 successful Indianapolis.
The Lynx, 14-2, are successful archetypal spot successful the WNBA and are the defending Commissioner's Cup champions. The Fever, 8-8, are playing for the Cup for the archetypal clip since the in-season title lawsuit betwixt East and West teams began successful 2021.
Tuesday's winning squad volition beryllium awarded a prize excavation of $500,000.
